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AI 010 403 Signals and Systems

Practice Questions Module III (DTFT)
1. For each of the following signals find the DTFT

1
a. x[n]
2

n 1

1
b. x[n]
2

n 1

c.

Ans: X

u[n 1]

e j
1
1 e j
2

3e j
Ans: X
5 cos

x[n] [n 1] [n 1]

Ans: X 2 cos

d. x[n] [n 2] [n 2]

Ans: X 2 j sin2

e. x[n] e j0n

Ans: X 2 0

f.

Ans: X 0 0

x[n] cos 0 n

Ans: X j 0 0

g. x[n] sin 0 n
n
h. x[n] sin
3 4

i.

j

j
Ans: X

3 2
3 2
2
2

x[n] u[n 2] u[n 6]

Ans: X

e j 2 e j 6
1 e j

Or Ans: X e j 3 e j 2 e j 1 e j e j 2 e j 3 e j 4 e j 5
n

j.

1
x[n] u[n 2]
2

k. x[n] {1, 2,0,1,1}

l.

x[n] a u[n 1]
n

4 n 4
otherwise

n,
m. x[n]
0,
n

1
n. x[n] u[n 1]
4

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e j 2
Ans: X
1

41 e j
2

Ans: X e j 2 e j 2 e j 3
Ans: X

1
1 ae j

Ans: X 2 j4 sin4 3 sin3 2 sin2 sin

Ans: X

4e j
1
1 e j
4

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o. x[n] sin
u[n]
2

e j
Ans: X
1 e j 2

n
p. x[n] cos
u[n]
3

Ans: X

1
2 e j

j
j 2
2 1 e e

q.
2. Using properties of DTFT, find the DTFT of the following

1
a. x[n]
2

n 1

u[n 1]

1
b. x[n] n u[n]
2

c.

e j
1
1 e j
2

Ans: X

1
e j
2 1 j 2
1 e
2

Ans: X

x[n] n3 u[n]
n

n 1
d. x[n] 1
2

Ans: X

n 1

3e j

1 3e

j 2

Ans: X

u[n 1]

e j ( )
1
1 e j ( )
2

3. Find the convolution of the two signals using DTFT

n

1
h[n] u[n]
3

1
a. x[n] u[n]
2
1
b. x[n] u[n]
2
c.

x[n] 1,2,1,1

1
1
Ans: y[n] 3 u[n] 2 u[n]
2
2

3
h[n] u[n]
4

3
1
Ans: y[n] 3 u[n] 2 u[n]
4
2

h[n] 1,3,2,1

Ans: y[n] 1,4,4,10,7,5,1

4. An LTID system is specified by the equation y[n] 0.5 y[n 1] x[n]

a. Find the frequency response of the system.
b. Determine the impulse response.
c. Determine the response of the system to an input 0.8 u[n]
n

5. Consider a discrete time LTI system described by y[n]

1
1
y[n 1] x[n] x[n 1]
2
2

a. Find the frequency response of the system.

b. Determine the impulse response.
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c. Determine the response of the system to an input n u[n]
4
6. A discrete time system is described by y[n] 5 y[n 1] x[n] 4 x[n 1] . Determine the
magnitude and phase response.
Ans: H

17 8 cos

sin

1 sin
H tan 1
tan

26 10 cos
4 cos
cos 5

1
7. The response of a Discrete LTI system to an input
4
1
n
3

n 1

u[n 1] was found to be

n2

u[n 2] .

a. Find the frequency response of the system.

b. Determine the impulse response.
c. Determine the difference equation representing the system
n

1
8. Consider a discrete time LTI system with impulse response u[n] . Use Fourier
2
transform to determine the response to each of the following input signals
n

3
a. x[n] u[n]
4
n

1
b. x[n] n 1 u[n]
4
c.

x[n] 1

9. Let x[n] and h[n] be the signals with the following Fourier Transform

X 3e j 1 e j 2e j 3
H e j 2e j 2 e j 4
Determine y[n] x[n] * h[n]

10. We want to design a discrete time LTI system that has the property that if the input is
n

11
1
x[n] u[n]
42
2

n 1

1
u[n 1] , then the output is y[n] u[n]
2

a. Find the impulse and frequency response of the system

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b. Find the difference equation relating input and the output.

n

1
11. Suppose that a discrete time LTI system has the response u[n] to the input
4
n

n 2 1 u[n] . If the output of this system is [n] 1 u[n] , what is the input?
2
2
12. Consider a causal LTI system described by the difference equation y[n]

1
y[n 1] x[n]
2

a. Determine the frequency response of the system

b. What is the response of this system to the following inputs?
n

1
i. u[n]
2
n

1
ii. u[n]
2
1
iii. [n] [n 1]
2

1
iv. [n] [n 1]
2
c. Find the response to the inputs with the following Fourier Transforms

1 j
1 e
4
i. X
1
1 e j

1 j

1 e
2
ii. X
1 1 e j

iii. X

1
1 j 1 j
1 e 1 e
2
4

iv. X 1 2e j 3
13. Consider a causal LTI system described by the difference equation y[n]

1
y[n 2] x[n]
9

a. Determine the impulse response of the system

b. What is the response of this system to the following inputs?

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1
i. u[n]
3
n

1
1
ii. u[n] u[n]
3
2
iii.

n 1 1
3

u[n]

14. A causal LTI system is described by the difference equation y[n] ay[n 1] bx[n] x[n 1]
where a is real and less than 1 in magnitude. Find the value of a and b so that the
frequency response of the system satisfies H 1 for all
15. Consider a system consisting of the cascade of two LTI systems with the frequency
responses H 1

1
2 e j
and H 2
1
1
1
1 e j
1 e j e j 2
2
2
4

a. Find the difference equation representing the whole system

b. Determine the impulse response of the whole system

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